260+ SUPPORTERS SAY NO TO LOW BIRDGES ON THE CORAL GABLES WATERWAY

TOMORROW 2/11 AT 11AM IS THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES COMMISSION MEETING WITH THE CG MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I URGE YOU TO ATTEND AND EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS. IN RESPONSE TO OUR SUCCESSFUL PETITION THE UNDERLINE HAS REPOSNDED WITH ONE OF THEIR OWN. I GUESS THEY MUST BE STARTING TO HEAR US! 

THE UNDERLINE MENTIONS THAT THEY HELD MULTIPLE PUBLIC COMMENT MEETINGS/FORUMS THROUGHOUT THE DEVLOPMENT OF THE PROJECT. THAT MAY BE TRUE, EXCEPT THEY NEVER MET WITH THE CORAL GABLES WATERWAY ADVISORY BOARD THAT ADVISES OUR CITY LEADERS ON ALL THAT IS WATERWAY. ALSO THEY DID NOT SEND A PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL HOWEOWNERS ON THE WATERWAY, ONLY TO THOSE THAT LIVE 1/2 MILE FROM THE BRIDGE. AND MANY HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE IN THE 1/2 MILE REPORT NEVER HAVING RECEIVED THE NOTICE. HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE FOR A PROJECT THAT IMPACTS THE WATERWAY FOR THE NEXT 80 PLUS YEARS? THIS IS NUTS! ALL HOMEOWNERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED VIA PUBLIC NOTICE. ALSO, THEIR PUBLIC NOTICE DEPICTS THEIR PROPOSED BRIDGE AT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE US 1 BRIDGE, NOT HIGHER. SURELY, THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO BE PAUSED FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS SO THAT ALL IMPACTED CAN HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH THE CITY AND OTHER LEADERS TO CHNAGE THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED BRIDGE.

TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO AN UNDERLINE BRIDGE OVER THE CORAL GABLES WATERWAY. IN GENERAL WE BEIEVE THE UNDERLINE IS A WONDERFUL PROJECT. WE ARE OPPOSED, HOWEVER, TO THE HEIGHT OF THEIR PROPOSED BRIDGE. IT'S TOO LOW! WHY DO WATERWAY HOMEOWNERS NORTH OF US1 PLUS THE THOUSANDS OF USERS OF OUR WATERWAY, INCLUDING BOATERS, PADDLE BOARDERS AND KAYAKERS HAVE TO BE DISCRIMINATED. WE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE THE SAME NAVIGATION RIGHTS AS OUR NEIGHBORS SOUTH OF THE US1 BRIDGE. WHEN GEORGE MERRIK BUILT THE WATERWAY HE INTENDED IT TO BE NAVIGABLE. MISTAKES ON LOW BRIDGES IN THE PAST CAN'T DOOM US FOR AN ETERNITY. NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE ALL OF THIS. IF WE DONT WE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH ANOTHER LOW BRIDGE THAT OBSTRUCTS THE NAVIGABLE WATERWAY AND WILL RENDER THE WATERWAY AND IT'S HOMES NORTH OF US1 USELESS.

WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE ARE TELLING THE UNDERLINE TO BUILD THE BRIDGE HIGHER. TARGET HEIGHT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE HARDEE ROAD BRIDGE (FIRST BRIDGE SOUTH OF THE US 1 BRIDGE) THAT IS >14 FT HIGH AT CENTER AT MEAN HIGH TIDE.

PLEASE SHARE OUR PETITION WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS THAT NAVIGATE OUR WATERWAY AS WE ARE THE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS UNDERLINE INITIATIVE. WE HAVE ONLY ONE DAY BEFORE THE CG COMMISSION MEETING.

THANK YOU